Hello!
Since I’ve already introduced myself, I guess it’s time to introduce my car. First, a small back story…
Basically, ever since 2011/12, I lusted after an MX-5 NA, purely based on someones specific car. I actually really wanted one as a first car, but insurance put an end to that. Unfortunately, I cannot find a photo of the specific car, but it was sort of like this:
Instead, I got a Ford Ka as my first car, because it was nice and cheap on insurance, and cheap to maintain. It was also surprisingly fun to drive! To be honest it was a great car, and one of the best examples of a Ford Ka mk1 I’ve ever seen. Eventually, after owning the Ka for a year, I saved enough money for a new car. Of course, I considered the NA, but after looking around and being in the knowledge that this car would have to be my daily driver so I’d have to rely on it a lot, I figured the NA probably wasn’t such a wise call. My friend has owned an NC since January 2014 and I loved the way it looked, so I focused my attention on the NC. After looking more and more into NCs, I fell in love! I think they look fantastic and they’re safer and with a few more toys as well. So I began by looking on AutoTrader for an NC, firstly only looking at PRHTs. There was a perfect one, high spec, low miles and PRHT - but it was 250 miles away. Which I didn’t really feel comfortable with, in case I got there and it wasn’t what I was after. So, after a lot of looking around, I found a gorgeous 1.8 Galaxy Grey one far closer to home, and proceeded to book a viewing. Quite a big step really. I was actually seriously looking at an MX-5. Here’s a pic of the car after I’d test driven it:
It made a big impression, I’d never driven anything like the MX-5 at all, nor been in a car like it before really. I fell in love, so much so I put a deposit down there and then. The next day, I returned with my father and he inspected it and then I bought it. Literally the best day of my life. I was like this for the whole week after I purchased it:
Here she is on a lovely road trip:
And then I purchased an RHT… and fitted it temporarily:
And here she is today:
Anyway I’m sure I’ve bored you all enough now so for now, peace out.
